Though Depp is still currently on board to appear, there have been rumors that he was considering abandoning ship (pardon the pun). But now that Cruz has joined the cast, maybe he'll find a little incentive to stay in the description of Cruz's character; she is "Sparrow's foil and equal in many ways." Can I take this to mean they'll be getting it on? Hot.

ooo i'm loving this idea!! i can totally picture johnny and penelope in the middle of a sword fight on a ship (kind of like the antonio banderas/catherine zeta jones fight in Zorro)...haha.
at least this is going to be a completely different story, so we won't be missing orlando and keira and whoever else isn't coming back.